Ronald Anthony Seltzer passed away on December 2, 2022 at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City from
complications from a medical procedure. He was 87
years young.
Ronald was born in Washington, D.C. March 7, 1935 to Dr Lawrence Seltzer and Sara Seltzer. He was raised in Detroit, Michigan and received a B.S.cum laude from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and his M.D. summa cu laude from Wayne State Medical School in Detroit. He was President of the Alph Omega Alpha Medical Honorary Society and the Aesculapians Honorary Society. Ronald interned at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital where he met his wife Adele. He did his residency in Radiology at Harvard's Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass. He also completed two years in the United States Public Health Service at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio working in Nuclear Medicine and was a Fellow in Radiology.
After his residency they moved to Palo Alto where Ronald took the position in the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Stanford Medical Center. He consulted with the advanced Imaging Division of Xerox Medical Systems at SRI. He was assistant Professor of Radiology at
Stanford University before taking the position with the Sequoia Hospital Radiology group where he was Director of the Department of Radiology where he practiced for thirty years. He was a member and president of the Western Angiography Society. It was during his last years before he retired from Sequoia Hospital that he was involved with NIA, National Imaging Associates. He continued his involvement after retirement and also served on its board of directors and was a consultant to Magellan Health Services..
After retirement Ronald became a wood turner. He was an avid reader and was a long standing member of several men's book groups. He enjoyed squash, hiking, biking and loved traveling. He and Adele enjoyed traveling when he did peace core work in Chiang Mai, Thailand where he helped modernize the Radiology department at the University of Chiang Mai Hospital. They traveled to Nepal with friends and he trekked to the Mt Everest base camp. Ronald was a caring and loving husband during all their many adventures.
Ron shared his love of his family with his love for travel and took his two children, their spouse and five grandchildren on a number of family vacations including Hawaii, Mexico and France. But his and Adele's favorite place was at their second home at Stinson Beach, where the 5 grandchildren shared their love of the beach, ocean
and mountains and the family spent nearly 30 consecutive Thanksgivings with all in attendance.
Ronald is survived by his wife Adele, his two children Lauren, her husband Rob Roskoph, and Jeff, his wife Marilyn Hartnett, and his grandchildren, Adin, Myles, Shayna, Mia and Cameron.
There will be a service later in the spring for the family and friends. Contributions can be made in his Honor to Sequoia Hospital Foundation, San Francisco Symphony through the Silicon Valley League and Theater Works Silicon Valley.